Le Renouveau

Le Renouveau was a newspaper published in Tunis, Tunisia. It existed from 1988 to 2011 and was the official organ of the ruling party of Tunisia, Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD).

Le Renouveau
TypeDaily newspaper
Founder(s)Constitutional Democratic Rally
PublisherDar El Amal
Founded20 March 1988
LanguageFrench
Ceased publication2011
HeadquartersTunis

History and profile

Le Renouveau was first published on 20 March 1988[1] as a continuation of another French language daily L'Action which was one of the official media outlets of the now-defunct Neo-Destour Party.[2][3][4] The publisher of Le Renouveau was Dar El Amal company and the paper was based in Tunis.[1]

Le Renouveau was the organ of the ruling party, RCD, which was the successor the Neo-Destour Party.[5][6] RCD also owned another newspaper entitled Al Hurriya.[7][8]

Mohamed Nejib Ouerghi served as the editor-in-chief of the paper.[9] It frequently featured articles to legitimate the rule of the President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.[10] The paper ceased publication in 2011 following the removal of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.[6]

In 1985 the estimated circulation of the paper was 13,500 copies whereas it was 33,000 copies in 2003.[4]

References
  1. "News, Media and Television in Tunisia". Kasbah. Archived from the original on 24 February 2003. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  2. Robin Bidwell (2012). Dictionary of Modern Arab History. London; New York: Routledge. p. 304. ISBN 978-1-136-16298-5.
  3. Harry Back; et al. (1967). Dictionnaire de Politique Et D'économie. Berlin: De Gruyter. p. 882. ISBN 978-3-11-000892-0.
  4. William A. Rugh (2004). Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. Westport, CT; London: Praeger. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-275-98212-6.
  5. Study on media development in Tunisia: Based on UNESCO's Media Development Indicators. Paris: UNESCO. 2013. p. 16. ISBN 978-92-3-001188-8.
  6. Edward Webb (2014). Media in Egypt and Tunisia: From Control to Transition?. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 52–53. ISBN 978-1-137-40996-6.
  7. Roland Lank (18 February 2003). "Tunisia: 'Seven Versions of Pravda'". World Press. Tunis. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  8. Amy Aisen Kallander (Winter 2013). "From TUNeZINE to Nhar 3la 3mmar: A Reconsideration of the Role of Bloggers in Tunisia's Revolution". Arab Media and Society (17).
  9. Christopher Barrie (6 September 2012). "Tunisian Media: Al-Nahda Tightens its Control". Al Akhbar. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  10. Larbi Sadiki (2002). "Bin Ali's Tunisia: Democracy by Non-Democratic Means". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 29 (1): 64. doi:10.1080/13530190220124061. S2CID 145333053.
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